لَقَد عَلَمَت فِتيانُ عَمرٍو بِأَنَّني

لَقَد عَلَمَت فِتيانُ عَمرٍو بِأَنَّني

أَحوطُ ذماري في الشَهورِ الأَطاوِلِ

أَحوطُ ذماري في الشَهورِ الأَطاوِلِ

The young men of Amr have surely learned that I

Surely the youths of 'Amr have known that I

Guard all that is mine to defend through the longest months.

Keep my weapons sharp through the long months,

وَإِن فاتَ أَمرٌ قَدَّموني فَرُمتُهُ

وَإِن فاتَ أَمرٌ قَدَّموني فَرُمتُهُ

ذِيادَ العَوادي عِندَ إِحدى الزَلازِلِ

ذِيادَ العَوادي عِندَ إِحدى الزَلازِلِ

And if a matter slips away, they put me forward, and I pursue it,

And if I miss a chance when offered, I turn it

To repel assailants amid one of the upheavals.

Aside with a glancing blow at the moment of onslaught.

وَإِنّي أَرُدُّ الكَيشَ عَن سُنَنِ الهَوى

وَإِنّي أَرُدُّ الكَيشَ عَن سُنَنِ الهَوى

وَيَرجِعُ رُمحي بَعد رَيّانُ ناهِلِ

وَيَرجِعُ رُمحي بَعد رَيّانُ ناهِلِ

And I turn back the [unclear: kaysh] from desire's paths,

And verily I repel wantonness far from the path of passion

And afterward my spear returns sated, having drunk its fill.

And my spear returns to the sheath after blood-licking.

فَمَن يَكُ خَوّارَ اليَدَينِ فَإِنَّني

فَمَن يَكُ خَوّارَ اليَدَينِ فَإِنَّني

إِذا كَشَّرَت عَن نابِها غَيرَ خامِلِ

إِذا كَشَّرَت عَن نابِها غَيرَ خامِلِ

Whoever may be weak of hand, I, for my part,

So let him who is given to biting his hands beware of me

When she bares her fang, am no laggard.

When she bares her fangs, no malice in her lacking.

وَيَومَ نَهاوَندٍ شَدَوتُ فَلَم أَحمِ

وَيَومَ نَهاوَندٍ شَدَوتُ فَلَم أَحمِ

وَقَد أَحسَنَت فيهِم جَميعُ القَبائِلِ

وَقَد أَحسَنَت فيهِم جَميعُ القَبائِلِ

And on the day of Nahawand I sang and offered no protection,

And on the day of Naḥāwand I plied them unsparingly, and there

And all the tribes had done well against them.

Did the whole of the tribes acquit themselves nobly.

عَشِيَّةَ وَلّى الفَيرُزانَ مُوائِلاً

عَشِيَّةَ وَلّى الفَيرُزانَ مُوائِلاً

إِلى جَبلِ آبٍ حَذرَ القَواجِلِ

إِلى جَبلِ آبٍ حَذرَ القَواجِلِ

On the evening when al-Fayruzan fled, seeking refuge

In the evening the Daylamite turned in flight

Toward Mount Ab, fearing the foot soldiers.

To the hill of Āb, fearful of being trapped.

فَأَدرَكَهُ مِنّا أَخو الهَيجِ وَالنَدى

فَأَدرَكَهُ مِنّا أَخو الهَيجِ وَالنَدى

فَقَنطَرَهُ عِندَ اِزدِحامِ الحَوامِلِ

فَقَنطَرَهُ عِندَ اِزدِحامِ الحَوامِلِ

Then a man of battle and bounty from among us overtook him,

There my brother in dash and onslaught came up with him

And hurled him down amid the crowding of laden beasts.

And unhorsed him at the moment of the encounter.

وَأَشلاؤُهُم في وَأيِ خُردٍ مُقيمَةٍ

وَأَشلاؤُهُم في وَأيِ خُردٍ مُقيمَةٍ

نُفوسُهُمُ غَبسُ الذِئابِ العَواسِلِ

نُفوسُهُمُ غَبسُ الذِئابِ العَواسِلِ

And their remains lie in [unclear: wa'y Khurd],

And their remnants are in every valley, dwelling place fixed,

Their souls are the dusky, loping wolves.

While their souls are the souls of ravening wolves.

وَنَحنُ وَلينا كُلَّ يَومٍ لَفارِسٍ

وَنَحنُ وَلينا كُلَّ يَومٍ لَفارِسٍ

نِطاحاً وَكَدحاً بِالقُرونِ الكَوامِلِ

نِطاحاً وَكَدحاً بِالقُرونِ الكَوامِلِ

And every day against Persia we undertook

And daily we at each dawn to a horseman

Butting and gouging with full-grown horns.

Deal blows and receive them, stout lances charges.